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What Happens if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned?

A leaked draft opinion indicated that the Supreme Court is ready to abolish the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion. The draft isn’t final, but what happens if the court decides that Roe “must be overruled” and the issue of abortion returned “to the people’s elected representatives,” as the draft said?

Pro-abortion-rights protesters rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 2. Photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

Jurisdiction would go back to the states, likely setting up a patchwork of abortion restrictions and rights across the country. said states couldn’t limit abortion before a fetus is

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